I have 2 computers connected to the gateway/router via ether net. One computer has WinXP Pro and the other has WinXP Home. Both can connect to the internet but when I tried to get a LAN setup by the Network setup wizard, the XP Home mach. shows up in my network places but the XP Pro mach isn't showing up anywhere. ipconfig -all returns the following on the XP Pro mach.
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
© Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\Chuck>ipconfig -all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : core2duo
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : domain_not_set.invalid
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : domain_not_set.invalid
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family Gigabit
Ethernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1D-0F-BE-21-8C
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.64
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
68.238.128.12
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, June 15, 2008 3:29:27 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, June 16, 2008 3:29:27 PM
C:\Documents and Settings\Chuck>
and basically identical results on the XP Home mach.
I think what I need to do is enter the correct DNS Suffix in TCP/IP properties but it's not clear to me how to do that properly.
Thanks, Chuck